There was never any intentions on keeping the rigged up generator it was just for a short test to try and prove a point. The only thing the throttle man had was the DMM as the power unit didn't have a tachometer (had the cable hanging out). Both meters on the generator were broken as well... pretty much a Rube Goldberg setup.
John On 6/5/2012 3:32 PM, gene heskett wrote: > On Tuesday, June 05, 2012 04:22:05 PM John Thornton did opine: > >> This was just a cobbled up gen set with a diesel power unit like the >> kind you see pumping water in a farmers field with a generator from a >> river tug and a driveshaft. There was no feedback from the generator >> other than the DMM that the throttle man watched and tried to keep it at >> 240v... >> >> John > That is not normally the throttle mans job, to maintain 240 volts, that is > the regulators job, a relatively easy one since its main load as a control > was the exciter current being fed to the slip rings of the rotating field. > > Or it was in this rig at any rate. > > That one, having a hand throttle, would be an excellent candidate for an > arduino running some PID sw, driving a stepper motor to stabilize its > speed. > > Cheers, Gene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
